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Nyoro language information


Nyoro
Orunyoro
Native toUganda
RegionBunyoro
EthnicityBanyoro
Native speakers
670,000 (2002 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu
              • Northeast Bantu
                • Great Lakes Bantu
                  • West Nyanza
                    • Rutara
                      • North Rutara
                        • Nyoro–Ganda (E10)
                          • Nyoro–Tooro
                            • Nyoro
Standard forms
  • Runyakitara
Dialects
  • Runyoro proper
  • Rutagwenda
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2nyo
ISO 639-3nyo
Glottolognyor1246
Guthrie code
JE.11[2]
PersonOmuNyoro
PeopleAbaNyoro
LanguageOruNyoro
CountryBuNyoro

Nyoro or Runyoro (Orunyoro, IPA: [oɾuɲôɾo]) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: Runyoro proper and Rutagwenda. A standardized orthography was established in 1947.[3] It's most closely related to Rutooro.

  1. ^ Nyoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Nyoro Language Page". 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-09-10. Retrieved 2019-11-18.

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